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Space Allocation Committee: goes through all
on-campus spaces available to student groups, and then allocate them to new
student groups

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Nominations

o
Rania: Was on it freshman year, had a lot of fun doing it. Handled a lot of
the paperwork. (elected)

o
Avi: Would have a lot of fun on the committee.

o
Rob: The clubs that do have space poorly use their
space; will work to ensure that the right clubs get the right places.

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Trustee Advisory Committee Seniors
only. Meet with trustees 4 times a year

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Nominations

o
Gabe (elected)

VII.
New Business:

·
Senator Committee Attendance bylaw: All Senators
are expected to attend faculty, trustee and administrative committees with the
same diligence as meetings of the full senate. Any Senator who fails to attend
three meetings per semester shall forfeit his or her seat on the Senate.

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Senators are always skipping committee members,
when in the 60s students protested to be on these committees

·
Motion to pass Ryan’s amendment.

·
Motion to amend to read: All Senators are expected
to attend faculty, trustee and administrative committees with the same
diligence as meetings of the full senate. Any Senator who misses three meetings
per semester of any particular committee, without acceptable reason as
determined by the vice president, shall forfeit his or her seat on the Senate.

·
Debate:

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Creates incentive for Senators to not fill
committees

-

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Wording of “any particular committee” passes.

·
Motion to amend to read: All Senators are
expected to attend faculty, trustee and administrative committees with the same
diligence as meetings of the full senate. Any Senator who misses 20% or more of
meetings per semester of any particular committee, without acceptable reason as
determined by the vice president, shall forfeit his or her seat on the Senate.

·
Debate:

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Some committees are more important than others; if
someone misses a less important committee meeting, then they shouldn’t be
kicked off the Senate

-
There are controls in place about more important
committees

·
Motion to read 20% fails.

·
Bylaw amendment passes.

·
Bylaw amendment to increase Student Activities Fee.

·
Debate:

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Makes Senators’ jobs easier: there will be more
funds.

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There will only be new programming, and they will
be approved if there are more funds. The only reasonable argument that supports
this amendment would be the implementation of the raise to counter inflation.

·
Matt motions to charge the BC to examine AAS budgetary
situation, specifically to look at clubs who couldn’t fund events because of
cuts of money and report back in 1 week.